Ciliwe Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ciliwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ciliwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3591:150,91317,111

Ciliwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ciliwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ciliwe occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ciliwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ciliwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 786,896th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ciliwe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 359 people, or 1 in 150,913. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent reside, Gauteng, where 10 percent reside and Western Cape, where 8 percent reside.

Ciliwe Last Name Statistics demography

Ciliwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.14% less than the national average, earning R 151,752 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chiliwe9295/
Schiliwe864/
Siliwe8340/
Cilibe8340/
Celiwe833/
Ciliwa832/
Schiliewe8010/
Schiliwer803/
Chilewe771,103/
Cheliwe7751/
Chiliwi7718/
Chilibe7714/
Cilibei778/
Tcilewe771/
Siliawe771/
Cileibe771/
Ciliver771/
Chilive771/
Ciliway770/
Schilive7187/
Caillive7110/
Chiliver712/
Chilibey712/
Siliwa6769/
Xeliwe6735/
Silawe6722/
Ziliwi6720/
Silibe6717/
Cilivi6713/
Celibe6710/
Silive679/
Schilieve678/
Ciliva676/
Cilieyava673/
Silewe672/
Celiwi671/
Schiliver671/
Shileiwet671/
Zilibe671/
Tschiliwa671/
Cilibi671/
Cieslewez670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ciliwe
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